Laughter and confetti fill the air. There are gold medals and baguettes, shimmering pompoms and a replica of the Eiffel Tower. But this is not .
Not yet, anyway. Instead, it’s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin gathered in the legendary “Saturday Night Live” studio, which has undergone an Olympic makeover — rings and all — for a photo shoot in honor of the upcoming Games. Decked out in , as soon as the co-hosts arrive on set, they are poking good-natured fun at one another.
As Kool and the Gang spills out from a nearby speaker and the anchors croon “Celebrate good times, come on!” the set of their first-ever TODAY cover shoot feels like a family holiday. It’s the at exactly the right moment, because — just days before all four of the TODAY anchors head to the 2024 Summer Olympics — the moment a celebration, and the excited energy is palpable. “It’s really the first time the world is getting together without any restrictions.
This is a true, post-pandemic Olympics. It’s behind us, and it’s so thrilling,” Savannah tells TODAY.com before adding, “And it doesn’t hurt that it’s in Paris.
Everybody is so excited to be there.” That includes Hoda, who says, “I think it’s a dose of something we all need, want and are ready for, and it’s going to be amazing. I can already imagine it.
I can already see it. And I think it’s going to infuse us with what we need right now.” After a pause, she adds, “This is the Olympics .